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Amber broke her leg and had to wear a cast for 6 weeks. When she got her cast off, her gastrocnemius was extremely skinny. The wasting away of the muscle is known as?

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Its Atrophy.

I did the test and Atrophy is correct.

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The wasting away of is referred to as Muscle Atrophy.

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